Breech-loading firearm



PATENTED MAR. 1, 19 04. P. FRA'ZIER. BREEGH LOADING FIREARM.

APELIGATION FILED JULY 29, 1902.

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PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904.

P. ,FRAZIER. BREEGH LOADING FIREARM. APPLIJATION TILED JULY 29, 1902.

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SZESEFIGATIQIE forming par; 0 etters Eatent No. 753,384, dated March 1,1904.

zipplicmion filed July 29, 1902.

' may concern:

mthsti, PERRYFRAZIER, ncitizen l of Am rica. residing in Dnbois, in hecounty of l-nwnee and State of i d a. new and useful n needing Firearms.of

v which the iohowing i ence bei lied therein to, the accompanying jore-wings, i

iorn ingn per thereof.

' to improvements in invention is to provide a mechnnisn for nee inrepeating and other uns by which the breeclrblooh .1. My inventionprovide iding breechblock provided with en abutment 't-o receive the i'2 i COl'll Ulu-cu Willi sliding support be re oceted by the forearm thebreech-block with e slidmg snppoi b, the brace serving towit-hbreech-block from the firing posio to hold it securely against theen in the iiring position. Y invention provides, further, a novelconst.notion or breech-block by means of which the firing-pin carriedthereby may be norinnliy held in the -saiety position by autom ic means.

It rovides, further, ilsprlng connected with t. e breechrblock and thefiring-pin and so disposed as to force fi1ing-pin,,after retraction,into the firing position niielrthen by its te sion to return the pin toa. position intermediete the firing position and the retreated position.

My invention provides, further, e'certridgedevice actuated by themovement of the cartridge-carrier for releasing cartridges y from themagazine, so jthntet time they may be transferred by to a pe indront ofthe re- .e'ted l reeeh-bieclz. 1

s e specification, reifor-,

Lies :2; inecl'isnisni by may be manipulated ,iiring-pin in the safetyposition.

Serial Ho. 11?;447. (N0 model.)

My invention provides other novel features hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

With a. breech-block mechanism constructed in accordance with theprinciples of my invention the breech easily operated and theln'eech-hlock released from the'firing position that the cartridgesnsed'iinay be loaded with high-power explosive material and yet thebreech-block mechanism may be operated with a forearm'mechanisin. r

In the accompanying drawings, which illustional View of a portion of abreech-loading rifle provided with my invention. Portions of themechanism are shown in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe breechhlock in the retracted position and the other parts in theirappropriate positions. Fig. 3 is a view. similar 'to Fig.1, but takenfrom the other side of the gun, the breech-block in both of, these viewsbeing shown in the firing p0si- I tion. Fig. .HS a top view of theforward end of the cm-tridge-carrier, the rear end of a shell about toenter the carrier, and the arm on the carrier forcing thecartridge-retaining device to one side. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.4:,

sition and the arm on the, carrier passingv upward past the said device.Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of the carrier'and cartridge-reteiningdevice, the solid lines showing the carrier in the elevated position,the szime being shown in dotted lines in the lower position, in whichthe arm on the carrier is about to actuate the retaining device. Fig. 7is a longitudinal vertical sectional'view of the breech-block, showingthe Fig. 8 .is a view simiinr to Fig. 7, the firing-pin being shown inthe retracted position. Fig. 9 is a. side elevation view taking from theleft side and sl'iowing the breech-block, cartridge-carrier, the leverfor actuating the carrier, and a portion of the recipiocativeoperating-bar. in this view the breech-block is shown rethe gun,including the breech-block retracted and the carrierw Fig. 11 is sideelevation view of the breech-block shown in the firing posi trete'my-invention, Figure 1 is a vertical Sec-,

tion in solid lines. The brace and operating- -block mechanism is so. 55

showing the retaining device in its normal po I 1 trected. Fig. 10 is atop view of a. portion of age "rifle mechanism.

bar; aportion of the breech of the gun, and the abutment are shown invertical section. in

dotted lines are shown the breech-block partly tion and providerfl withany wellrknowp device for forcing the cartridges held therein rearward.The hreech-blockis guided in the manner common with breech-blocks thatretract downward and backward similar to the Sav- Thc retraction of thebreech-block and 7 its movement forward is controlled by a brace-hart,one end of which is pivoted to the under side of the breechblock, andthe other end is pivotedtoa longitudinally-movable horizontaloperating-bar 6, the forward end of which is secured to an ordinaryhand-grip 7, reciprocally mounted on the rear end of the magazine 4:.The rear end of the operating member or bar 6 is mounted in guides 8,provided in the lock;-

casing 2. These guides are p referahl y formed by providinghorizontalgrooves cut in the casing. To the rear of the block when the same is inthe tiring position, shown in 1;

1, is provided an abutment 9, against which the rear end of thehmcch-hloch bears and which receives the shock of the recoil whencartridge i discharged. This abutment is provided, prefcrably,\vith aninclined face fitted to the rear end of the breech block. This permitsthe ready downward withdrawal of the rear end of the breech-block whenit is desired to retract the breech-block. By reoiprocatingthe'hand-grip rearwardly the hreechblock is forced by the bar 5 and linkor brace 5 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in dottedlines in Fig; 11 and finally to that shown in Fig. 2. When in thelast-named position, the shell will have been ejected from the hanrel byany of the well-known forms of ejecting mechanisms. ii voted to thecasirigQ, helm the breech-block 3, isthe cartridge-can rier 10, which isconcave on its upper side and has its free end adapted toswing in frontof therear end of the magagine t, so as to receive'the'cartridgesdischarged therefrom.

To the left side of the gun-casing is pivoted near the middle a lever"'11, the forward end of which is connected to the under side of thecarrier 10. Resting upon the upper side of this lever is a projection12, provided on the left side of the operating-bar 6. Asthaoperating-har is forced rearwardlyin the casing recess 2, after theprojection 12 passes the pivotal 'point 13 of the lever 11 theprojection 12 will tilt the forward end of the lever 11 upwardly, thusraising the free end of the'carier into the ,position shown in Fig. 2,i'n which position a cartridge on the carrier will have its rear endjust in front of and in the path of the forward end of the breech-block3. As the hand-grip 7 is reciprocated forwardly, thus moving the hartforwardly and With it the projection 12 'flhereon, the said projection12 will, after it as passed the pivotal point 13 of the lever 11, forcethe forward end of the lever 11 downward, thus depressing the carrier 10into position in which it will receive another cartridge from themagazine 4:. The breechbloc'k moving forward at the same time theoperatingbar is moved forward will force the cartridge on the carrierinto the gun-barrel l that is, it will force the first cartridgementioned into the barrel. The second cartridge willlnot be releaseduntil the breech-block is uiii'iost in the firing position shown'inFig. 1. To release. the cartridges from the magazine, I provide ahorizontal spring 14!, secured at its rear end to the inside of thecasing 2 in. the rear of the magazine 4. On the forward free end of the.

spring 141's secured a g. lindrical head 15, provided on its left innerside Witha rearwardlyeiztending projection 16, adapted-to be engaged byan arm 17 ,secured to the right side of the forward end of the carrier10. The spring let normally holds the head 15 in the path of thecartridges that are to be ejected from the rear end of the magazine 4.As the carrier 10 is-swungdownwardly, the arm I? thereon strikes againsttheleft side of the pro jeetion l6 and forces the head and free end ofthe spring let to the right or into the position shown in Fig.thusreleasing the rear cartridg'e in the magazine and permitting it tobe projected rearwardly onto the carrier 10. The carrier quickly passingdownwardly to the limit of its st roke causes the arm 17 to pass he'-low the head 15, which qmckly assumes again roe the position shown inFig. 5, and retains the v remaining cartridges-1m "he magazine. In

order that the arm 17 may not on its upward passage with the carrieragain depress the spring 14: and release another cartridge, the

inner or right side of the projection (16 is in clined, so that thearml? will, when rising, strike the right instead of the left side ofthe projection 16., It will be observed, therefore, that every time thatthe breech-block'is moved forwardly to the firing position a freshcartridge will be released from the magazine and passed to the carrier,which, as the breechblock isretracted, will place the released cartridgein position for the breech-block to force itinto the gun-barrel when thebreech-block is againforced forward. In the breech-block 3 is mounted ina longitudinal opening provided for it the horizontal firing-pin 1 8,con

structed in its general features similar to 3 others of thiswell-knowntype. Its forward the breech-block is provided with the plug 24, securedin the rear end of the opening in which is mounted the firing-pin 18.The said plug 24'is provided with a central longitudinal hole.therethrough, in' which'isl ibxigitndiaward endi of the firing-pin isproan enlarged portion to which is ,seeiiirid'the-forward end of acoil-spring which encircles the firing-pin to the rear of the enlarge'dportion. The rear end of the spring, which is indicated by 25, issecured to the plug 24:. Thelength and tension of the coilspring "issuch that in its'norm'al position, or position when 'at rest,theQfiring-pin will be held in the position shown in Fig. 7, or in thesafety position, in which position the projection-Yon the forward end ofthe firingpin will not project outside the-breech-block and cannot. inthat position 'discharge a cartridge. When the lever 20 is disengagedfrom the arm 19 of the firing-pin by pulling on the trigger 22-,the'tension of thespring 25 will force the firing-pin-IS forward .past thesafety position and-against the cartridge held in the gun-barrel, themomentum of the firing-pin and the spring 25 vbeing responsible for thecarrying 'of the firing-pin past the safety position. After thecartridge has been exploded the tension of the spring 25 will pull thefiring-pin back to the position shown in Fig. 7.

In operating my invention the magazine 4 is first supplied with a numberof cartridges". The hand-grip 7 is then forced rearwardly, thusretracting the breech-block 3 through the bar 6 and brace 5.to theposition shown in Fig. 2.-' A cartridge may then be inserted in therear'end of the gun-barrel 1 and the hand grip 7 'reciprocatedforwardly, thus bringing forward the breech block, as already described,and swinging the carrier 10. downwardly and releasing the rear cartridgein the magazine. The released cartridge is then car- I ried by thecarrier 10 into the position shown in Fig. 2 by again reciprocating thehand-grip rearwardly. When the hand-grip'is moved forward once more, thebreech-block carries the released cartridge into the barrel 1, when itmay be exploded by pulling the trigger-22.

It will be noted that when the breech-block is wanes iheeaie the in thefiring position, as shown in Fig.1, With its rear end bearing againstthe abutment 9, the brace 5 will be disposed perpendicularly between thebreech-block and the operatingbar 6, thus firmly holding thebreech-block against the abutment 9. As soon as the operating-bar isforced rearwardly the brace 5 draws the rear end of the breech-blockdownward ly or away from the slightly-inclined surface of the abutment9.

My inv ention may be variously modified without departing from itsspirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure byLetters Patent, is-.

1. The combination with asuitable support, of the cartridge-carrierpivoted thereto and provided withan arm,'means for swinging the carrier,and a'spring provided with a slotted head normally disposed in the pathof the cartridges to be fed to the carrier, the said arm on the carrierbeing so disposed as to strike the outside of the head during thedownward movement of the carrier and force the head out of the path ofthe cartridges, the arm passing through the slotted portion of the headwhen the carrier is moved in the other direction.

2. The combination with asuitable support, of the cartridge-carrierpivoted thereto and provided with an arm, means for swinging thecarrier, and a spring secured at one end to the support and provided atits free end with a head having an oblique projection thereon located inthe-path of the carrier-arm, the said head lying normally in the path ofthe cartridges, whereby when the carrier arm is moved in one directionit will strike the oblique portion of the projection and force the headfarther across the path of the cartridges, and when the carrier-arm isswung in the opposite direction it will strike the said projection ontheside opposite'the obli'que -portion and force the. head from. the pathof the cartridges. I v

3. The combination with a'slidable breechblock, of a swingingcartridge-carrier, a'lev'er connected thereto for swinging the carrier,a

slidable support provided with a projection slidable along the lever topositions at each side of. the pivotal point of the-lever whereby thesaid projection will swing the lever in two directions when the slidablesupport is reciprocated, means for reciprocating the slidable support,and a brace pivoted to the breechblock and the-said slidable support.

4. The combination with a slidable breechblock, of a swingingcartridge-carrier, a lever connected at one end thereto and extending atits other end beyond the pivotal point of the lever, a slidable supportprovided with a projection engaging the lever alternately at each sideof the pivotal point of the lever when the saidsupport is reciprocated,means m vessse for reciprocating the slidable support, and a bracepivoted to the slid-able support and to the breech-block.

5, The combination with n slidabie breechgrip by which the said herreciproceted,"

the said her being provided with a projection for engaging, whenreciprocsted, the lever at each side of its pivotal pointsfor swingingthe 45 "oiocli of a reciprocehle bar provided with a hand-gii p, a bracepivoted to the breech-block and to the said reciprocable bar, a swingingcartridgocarrier, a pivoted lever connected thereto for swinging saidcarrier, means by which the said lever is swung in two directions when.the said her is recipeocated; shngrtridge-1negazine having siiitsbiemeans for depositing the cartridges upon the carrier, a

6. The combination with a slid'able breechblock, of 2i swingingcartridge-carrier; EL cartridge inegszine, means by which the cartridgesmay bedeposited one by one upon the carrier when the said carrier isproperly moved, a pivoted lever connected to the car-' rier for swingingthe same, a reciprocable support provided .With means for engaging, whenreciprocated, the lever at each side of its pivotal point for swingingthe lever in two directions, means for reciprocating the said support,and a brace connecting the said breech-block sndthe said support.

7. The combinetion with a slidable breechblock, of a swingingcartridge-carrier, a pivoted lever connected thereto for swinging thecarrier, 'a slideloie bar provided with a handlever, and a brace pivotedto the said breechblock and to the said slidable her.

8; The combination with a. siidehie breech block, of a swingingccrtridgecsrrier, a, iever connected theretofor swinging the carrier, areciproceble member provided with means for alternately engeging thelever side of the pivotal {point thereof when the member isreciprocsted, and a brace pivoted to'the forces the said head out of-thepzithof the cartridges,.the said projection i1sving'sn in chned faceadapted to be engaged by the ore-'- rier-arm When the carrier-arm ismoved iii,

the o osite direction the dis osition of Pp 7 arm is moved in the letterdirection the heed will he forced thereby farther across the peth of thecartridges.

In testimony whereof .1 have my mm s to this specification in presenceoi two snir scribing witnesses.

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Witnesses;

R. V. BOBSET P. J. Srnrsnn.

projection being such that whenfithe cerrier spring rigidly secured stone end to a suitabie breech-block end to thesaid recipro cehiemem 5 5support and provided at its free end with a her. v

hesd normallyloceted inthe path of the car- 9. The combination with a,suitable support,

tridges and having a projection which, when of a cartridge-carrierpivoted thereto and prothe cartridge-carrier is swung-in one direcvidedwith an erm meehs for swinging the tion, will be struck'on one sideandforce the carrier, and a spring secined at one'end to 60 said head fromthe path of the cartridges and the said support end'n ovided et'its freeend which when the cartridge-carrier is swung in with a head locatednormally in the path-of 'thecpposite direction will be struck on the thecartridges, the said head beingprQvided opposite side and thus force thesaid head with a projection thereon which the carrier- 1 farther acrossthe path of the cartridges. arrn strikes when'inoving in one direction,and '65

